Face-plate for registers



1 PATENTBD JAN. 5, 1-904. 11. J. VALENTINE. PAGE PLATE FOR REGISTERS. V

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 26,1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

' HARRY J. VALENTINE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE COLUM- BIANHARDWARE COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

FACE-PLATE FOR REGISTERS.

$PEGIFIGATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 748,669, dated January5, 1904. Original application filed May 20. 1902, Serial No. 108,18.Divided and this application filed May 26, 1903- derial To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY J. VALENTINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Face-Plates forRegisters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to face-plates for registers for hot-air furnacesor for ventilation; and the object of the same is to provide aface-plate for the purpose named which will be composed of sheet metalentirely and which will be strong and durable.

A further object of the invention is to render it possible to impart anydesired ornamentation and so construct the same that the outer surfacewill be flush, or substantially flush, or level throughout.

A further object is to provide a face-plate which will .be light inweight as well as strong.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of constructionto be hereinafter described and then claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved face-plate, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.

Referring to the drawings, the frame of the face-plate a may be of anysuitable form, and its sides are connected by means of bars b. Theentire face-plate is preferably made of one piece of sheet metal, andthe bars shown are made into the simplest form of grillwork orornamental work of which the face-plate under this invention issusceptible.

In making the face-plate I first start with a plain sheet of metal inwhich slots are cut. The portions between these slots are then turnedbodily edgewise relatively to the plane of the frame a, forming twists 0adjacent the frame, so that the outer edges of, the bars I) will beflush or substantially flush with the supporting ends (1 of the bars andwith the .outer surface of the frame. To state the case somewhatdilferently, the planes of the end portions 1 of the bars are located toone side of the axes of the bars, so that the outer edges (No model.)

of the bars are flush or substantially flush with the outer surface ofthe said ends. Not only is this a simple way to produce faceplates forregisters, but it enables a variety of ornamentation to be produced andbesides the twists formed at the ends of the bars produce an ornamentaleffect in themselves,

while at the same time the bars are strengthened against flexure in anydirection.

This application is a division of my original application, filed May 20,1902, Serial N 0. 108,148, as well as of a later application, filed July12, 1902, Serial No. 115,371.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A face-plate for registers, the same comprising a sheet-metal frame,and bars connecting the sides of the frame, turned bodily edgewiserelatively to the frame, the planes of the end portions of the barsbeing located to one side of the axes of the bars, and the outer edgesof the bars being flush with the outer surface of the frame,substantially as described.

2. A face-plate for registers, the same comprising a flat sheet-metalframe, and transverse bars turned bodily edgewise relatively thereto,the planes of the end portions of the bars being located to one side ofthe axes of the bars, and the outer edges of the bars being flush withthe outer surface of the frame, substantiallyas described.

3. A face-plate for registers, the same comprising a flat sheet-metalframe, and integral transverse bars turned bodily edgewise relativelythereto, the outer edges of the bars being substantially flush with theouter surface of the frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HARRY J. VALENTINE.

Witnesses:

C. T. STORK, Gno. S. WnnELooK.

